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Bringing characters to life

From Jared A. Sorensen’s award-winning game octaNe: premium uNleaded, the psychotronic game of post-modern trash-culture america; as posted by Thor Olavsrud at the Well of Urd

In octaNe, Jared writes:

When describing how your character looks, here’s a trick: only write down three details. Nobody really cares about your character’s exact height and weight or the color of his eyes. C’mon, really.What you should describe are the things that really stand out: